Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, picaronés (squash and sweet potato doughnuts). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The principle ingredients are squash and sweet potato; it is then stretched to form a doughnut shape, fried, and best served hot, smothered in rich Picarones were developed during the colonial period in Peru to replace the more expensive ingredients involved in making "Buñuelos" a Mexican street food. Picarones may look like buñuelos or beignets, but they are one of a kind. For starters, they are not made with flour and eggs only, but with a terrific Picarones are the best dessert after anticuchos or any other creolle dish, and freshness is crucial to the wonderful experience of eating these delicious.
Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have picaronés (squash and sweet potato doughnuts) using 21 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts):
- Make ready Syrup
- Get Molasses
- Prepare Light brown sugar
- Get Cloves
- Prepare Cinnamon stick
- Make ready Allspice
- Prepare Peel of an orange
- Take Water
- Make ready Anise seeds
- Prepare Dough
- Prepare Sweet potato
- Get Macre squash
- Get Loche squash (both types of squash can be substituted for butternut squash)
- Make ready Plain flour
- Get Fresh yeast (you can get this from most bakers)
- Take Granulated sugar
- Prepare Salt
- Get Anise seed
- Get Cola
- Take Anise seed tea
- Get Oil for deep frying
Picarones are good when drenched in spiced syrup. Picarones are addictively good, and not just because they are fried dough. They have an intriguing spicy sweet flavor, kind of like a spice cake, but they are crispy and warm and dripping with syrup. Picarones are a Peruvian sweet snack originating from the city of Lima.
Instructions to make Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts):
- For Syrup - Put all the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil
- Let it cook until the mixture is thick and syrupy
- Strain into a suitable container off the heat and let it cool down
- Refrigerate until needed
- For Dough - bring a pan of water to the boil
- Add the sweet potato and cook until tender
- Drain sweet potato and repeat with the squash
- Put vegetables in a blender and blend until puréed
- Put the veg in a large bowl with the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, anise seeds,cola, and tea
- Using your hands, combine ingredients into a dough then kneed for 20 mins until smooth
- Leave the dough in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours to prove
- Heat the oil in a large pan or in a deep-fryer to 180°C or until a crude of bread Browns in 30 seconds
- Take pieces of the dough and shape into ring, then drop carefully into the hot oil and cook until crispy and golden
- Drain well then drizzle on the syrup to finish
The best way to describe them is as a doughnut made from squash and sweet potato. They have an incredibly unique flavour from the cinnamon, star anise and citrus fruit used to create the dough and accompanying syrup. Cook sweet potatoes and squash in the reserved water until tender. Remove pan and force through a strainer. In a small bowl, combine yeast, sugar and reserved cooking liquid.
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